The CWLA National Blueprint states that it will take the combined knowledge, skills, and resources of all systems, services, communities, and individuals to ensure that all children will grow up safely, in loving families and supportive communities, with everything they need to flourish-and with connections to their culture, ethnicity, race and language.

The CWLA National Blueprint serves as a the foundation for our Standards of Excellence and a framework for all children, youth and families to flourish.

Although the formal child welfare system has a specific role to play for children who have been or are at risk of abuse and neglect, responsibility for the well-being of children and youth extends well beyond traditional child welfare. By aspiring to the standards detailed in the CWLA National Blueprint, families, individuals, communities, providers, and other organizations can create the greatest opportunities for all children and youth to succeed and flourish. It is only by achieving a vision for all children and youth that the most vulnerable among them can flourish.